Article X
SEVERABILITY
Sections:
10.01 Severability.
The invalidity of any article, section, subsection, provision, clause, or portion thereof, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Charter.
CERTIFICATE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
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COUNTY OF BENTON
We, the undersigned freeholders of the City of Richland, elected at the special election in said city on the 15th day of July, 1958, under the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington, to prepare a charter for the City of Richland, do hereby certify that the foregoing charter has been prepared by us and is hereby submitted as the Charter for said city.
SIGNED this 17th day of September, 1958.
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s/Joyce R. Kelly |
s/Russell Einan |
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Joyce R. Kelly, Chairman |
Russell Einan |
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s/Douglas A. Cameron |
s/Elizabeth H. Groot |
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Douglas A. Cameron, Vice-Chairman |
Elizabeth H. Groot |
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s/George D. Barr |
s/Roy E. Jaynes |
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George D. Barr, Executive Secretary |
Roy E. Jaynes |
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s/Paul P. Beardsley |
s/Catharine M. Lewis |
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Paul P. Beardsley |
Catharine M. Lewis |
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s/Rebecca G. Bown |
s/William W. McIntosh |
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Rebecca G. Bown |
William W. McIntosh |
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s/Fred E. Brackenbush |
s/Kermit W. McKay |
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Fred E. Brackenbush |
Kermit W. McKay |
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s/Helen U. Carlson |
s/Max R. Walton |
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Helen U. Carlson |
Max R. Walton |
SIGNED this 18th day of September, 1958.
s/Harry D. Campbell
Harry D. Campbell
CERTIFICATE OF THE INCORPORATION OF RICHLAND
AS A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS
I, J.T. Bettinson, chairman of the board of county commissioners for Benton County, do hereby certify that, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 153 of the Laws of 1951, of the State of Washington, the county commissioners of said county duly caused an election to be held on the 15th day of July, 1958, within the boundaries hereinafter described, for the purpose of determining whether or not the same should be incorporated into a city of the first class and for the purpose of electing fifteen freeholders to form a charter for such city, said boundaries being as described in Exhibit “A”, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. At said election 2,932 votes were cast in favor of incorporation and 724 votes were cast against incorporation, and the following named persons were duly elected freeholders for the purpose of forming a charter for said city, to-wit: George D. Barr, Paul P. Beardsley, Rebecca G. Bown, Fred E. Brackenbush, Harry D. Campbell, Douglas A. Cameron, Helen U. Carlson, Russell Einan, Elizabeth H. Groot, Roy E. Jaynes, Joyce R. Kelly, Catharine M. Lewis, William W. McIntosh, Kermit W. McKay, Max R. Walton. That thereafter on the 18th day of September, 1958, said board of freeholders duly returned a proposed charter for said city of Richland, signed by the following named members, to-wit: George D. Barr, Paul P. Beardsley, Rebecca G. Bown, Fred E. Brackenbush, Harry D. Campbell, Douglas A. Cameron, Helen U. Carlson, Russell Einan, Elizabeth H. Groot, Roy E. Jaynes, Joyce R. Kelly, Catharine M. Lewis, William W. McIntosh, Kermit W. McKay, Max R. Walton. That thereafter on the 2nd day of December, 1958, at an election duly called for said purpose, the proposed charter was submitted to the qualified electors of said city, and the returns of said election were duly canvassed, and the result of said election was found to be as follows: For said proposed charter, 3,747 votes; against said proposed charter, 616 votes. Whereupon, the said charter was declared duly ratified. And I further certify that the annexed charter is a full, true, and correct copy of the proposed charter so voted upon and ratified as aforesaid.
I further certify that, in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of chapter 153 of the Laws of 1951, of the State of Washington, the board of county commissioners of Benton County ascertained that the population of the area within the above-described boundaries was not less than 20,000 inhabitants, to-wit: 24,000 inhabitants, and that said board of county commissioners established and declared such finding in a resolution dated the 17th day of March, 1958.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of December, 1958.
s/J.T. Bettinson
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners for Benton County
BOUNDARIES
EXHIBIT “A”
Commencing at the northwest corner of Section 24, T. 9N., R 28 E., W.M. (the coordinates of said corner are X-2,312,942.47 feet and Y-339,185.45 feet); thence S. 10 degrees 41' 59" E. 1,586.12 feet to the true point of beginning (this point is U.S. Corps of Engineers monument number U-20); thence along the U.S. Corps of Engineers’ Traverse Line N. 81 degrees 30' 55" W. 647.81 feet; thence N. 81 degrees 29' 01" W. 1,879.94 feet; thence N. 7 degrees 29' 35" E. 140.51 feet; thence N. 73 degrees 10' 53" W. 371.82 feet; thence N. 69 degrees 38' 43" W. 1,204.12 feet; thence N. 64 degrees 56' 07" W. 461.05 feet; thence N. 60 degrees 09' 49" W. 570.34 feet; thence N. 74 degrees 54' 46" W. 734.71 feet to a point on the west line of Section 14, T. 9N., R. 28 E., W.M., thence N. 0 degrees 55' 07" W. 860.08 feet along the west line of said Section 14 to a point of intersection with the boundary of the recorded plat of Richland, Benton County, Washington; thence along said plat boundary S. 88 degrees 35' 56" W. 266.53 feet to said plat boundary monument (PB 4 W.) a point of curve; thence along a 1,960.08 foot radius curve right, an arc distance of 1,352.87 feet to a point of tangency (PB 5 W.); thence N. 38 degrees 08' 42" E. 15.0 feet to a point (PB 6 W.); thence N. 51 degrees 51' 18" W. 4,198.47 feet to a point of curve (PB 7 W.); thence along a 2,327.01 foot radius curve right, an arc distance of 2,071.82 feet to a point of tangency (PB 8 W.); thence N. 0 degrees 50' 33" W. 5,097.84 feet to a point of curve (PB 9 W.); thence along a 5,764.65 foot radius curve right, an arc distance 1,477.66 feet to a point of this curve; thence S. 88 degrees 48' 21" W. 1,137.18 feet; thence N. 0 degrees 27' 52" W. 92.38 feet; thence S. 88 degrees 51' 08" W. 2,655.53 feet; thence N. 0 degrees 05' 33" W. 663.95 feet; thence S. 88 degrees 48' 21" W. 590.07 feet to the centerline of the main channel of the Yakima River; thence upstream along said centerline to a point of intersection with the township line between T. 9 N. and T. 10 N., W.M.; thence N. 89 degrees 28' 29" E. 1,782.00 feet to the northeast corner of Section 5, T. 9 N., R. 28 E., W.M.; thence S. 0 degrees 08' 41" W. 683.04 feet; thence N. 89 degrees 18' 27" E. 657.24 feet; thence S. 0 degrees 01' 32" W. 681.10 feet; thence N. 89 degrees 08' 25" E. 658.68 feet; thence S. 0 degrees 05' 33" E. 679.16 feet; thence N. 88 degrees 58' 23" E. 4,362.80 feet to a point of intersection with a 5,764.65 foot radius curve on the boundary of the recorded plat of Richland, Benton County, Washington; thence along said 5,764.65 foot radius curve an arc distance of 1,081.05 feet (the chord bears N. 34 degrees 36' 58" E. 1,079.47 feet) to a point of tangency (PB 10 W.); thence along the aforementioned plat boundary N. 39 degrees 59' 18" E. 976.24 feet to a point of curve (PB 11 W.); thence along a 5,694.65 foot radius curve left, an arc distance of 896.17 feet to a point of tangency (PB 12 W.); thence N. 30 degrees 58' 18" E. 1,938.24 feet to a point of curve (PB 13 W.); thence along a 5,694.65 foot radius curve left, an arc distance of 1,375.20 feet to a point of tangency (PB 14 W.); thence N. 17 degrees 08' 07" E. 750.12 feet to a point (PB 15 W.); thence N. 17 degrees 08' 07" E. 1,372.18 feet to a point of intersection with the north line of Section 34, T. 10 N., R. 28 E., W.M.; thence along the north line of said Section 34 N. 89 degrees 41' 14" E. 1,009.38 feet to the northeast corner of said Section 34; thence along the north line of Section 35, T. 10 N., R. 28 E., W.M. N. 88 degrees 48' 18" E. 2,722.08 feet to the north quarter corner of said Section 35; thence N. 88 degrees 52' 55" E. 1,362.08 feet to a sixteenth corner; thence N. 1 degree 28' 31" E. 1,305.29 feet to a sixteenth corner; thence N. 1 degree 26' 19" E. 1,309.76 feet to a sixteenth corner; thence N. 1 degree 27' 08" E. 2,638.77 feet to a point of intersection with the boundary of United States Army Camp Hanford; thence along said boundary N. 89 degrees 37' 20" E. 3,684.66 feet to a point of intersection with the centerline of the main channel of the Columbia River; thence downstream along said centerline (said line being the Benton-Franklin County Line) to a point of intersection with a line which bears N. 36 degrees 42' 48" E. (the coordinates of the point of intersection are X-2,313,890.61 feet and Y-343,870.00 feet); thence S. 36 degrees 42' 48" W. 685.25 feet; thence S. 0 degrees 30' 35" E. 100.45 feet to a point (PB 8 E.); thence S. 0 degrees 30' 35" E. 1,305.25 feet to a point (PB 7 E.); thence S. 0 degrees 30' 38" E. 1,478.94 feet to a point (PB 6 E.); thence S. 0 degrees 30' 38" E. 109.46 feet to a point (PB 5 E.); thence S. 89 degrees 42' 53" W. 409.72 feet to a point (PB 4 E.); thence S. 40 degrees 34' 02" E. 1,531.24 feet to a point of curve (PB 3 E.); thence along a 3,969.83 foot radius curve right, an arc distance of 643.46 feet to a point of tangency (PB 2 E.); thence S. 31 degrees 16' 49" E. 221.80 feet to a point (PB 1 E.); thence S. 31 degrees 16' 49" E. 285.00 feet to the centerline of the main channel of the Yakima River; thence upstream along said centerline to a point of intersection with a line which bears S. 81 degrees 30' 55" E. (the coordinates of the point of intersection are X-2,313,814.06 feet and Y-337,540.82 feet); thence N. 81 degrees 30' 55" W. 583.50 feet to the true point of beginning (U.S. Corps of Engineers monumental number U-20), all in Benton County, Washington.
All bearings in this description are lambert bearings. All of the bearings and coordinates referred to in the description are in reference to the Washington State Coordinate System, South Zone, and are derived from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey data for triangulation stations “Rich” and “Richland” with the respective azimuth reference markers for those stations. All coordinates in this description designated as “X” and “Y” are used for bearings in this description as east and north, respectively.
The hereinabove described land includes all of Section 35 and portions of Sections 25, 26, 34, and 36, T. 10 N. R. 28 E., W.M., and all of Sections 10 and 14 and portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23 and 24, T. 9 N., R. 28 E., W.M., in Benton County, Washington. The total area contained within the proposed boundaries is 8.75 square miles.
TELEGRAM FROM
SECRETARY OF STATE
1958 DEC 10 PM 2 29
PR OLA043 LONG PD-OLYMPIA WASH 10 155 PMP-
CARL W KRUEGEL COUNCIL CLERK
RICHLAND CITY COUNCIL-RM 108 BLDG W-8 RICHLAND WASH.
PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE INCORPORATION OF RICHLAND AS CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS RECEIVED AND OFFICIALLY FILED AS OF TODAY. CERTIFIED COPIES OF THESE INSTRUMENTS WILL BE PREPARED FOR USE OF THE STATE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD AND STATE TREASURER TO THE END THAT YOUR CITY WILL SHARE IN NEXT ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS BY THESE RESPECTIVE OFFICES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW CITY OF RICHLAND. YOUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTS A NEW ERA OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF OUR GREAT STATE AND WE IN OLYMPIA ARE PLEASED WITH YOUR DYNAMIC AND PROGRESSIVE ATTITUDE. IF MY OFFICE CAN EVER BE OF SERVICE BE SURE TO LET ME KNOW.
VICTOR A MEYERS SEC OF STATE
CERTIFICATE
I, Carl W. Kruegel, Acting City Clerk of the City of Richland, do hereby certify that I have received from Mayor Patricia Y. Merrill a certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF THE INCORPORATION OF RICHLAND AS A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS,” as executed by J.T. Bettinson, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Benton County, on December 8, 1958, and that I have recorded the Charter of the City of Richland as approved by the voters at the special election held December 2, 1958, in a book provided and kept for this purpose and known as the Charter Book of the City of Richland.
DATED at Richland, Washington, this 11th day of December, 1958.
s/Carl W. Kruegel
Carl W. Kruegel
Acting City Clerk
s/Patricia Y. Merrill
Patricia Y. Merrill
Mayor
Form Approved:
s/John B. Nason
John B. Nason
Acting City Attorney